Fender.



A. LITTMAN & W. J. LAOKIE.

FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1909.

960,976. Patented June 7. 1910.

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ALBERT LITTIVIAN AND WILLIAM J; LAURIE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR S0F ONE-THIRD T0 NIELS T. MERCK, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIQ'l rnnpnn.

I mounted at the front of the car, the udjustnient providing for quicklyraising and lowering the fender to accommodate the same to city orcountry travel, the fender-itself being of the machine.

' through the fender, taken on the line 3-3 oi adapted to receive theimpact of persons or objects and prevent the same'lroni coming incontact with such portions of the motor car or automobile as wouldprobably cuuse injury to such persons or objects.

To the above end the invention consists in the novel construction,combination and errangement'of parts as herein fully described,

illustrated. and claimed.

' In the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1 is a side elevation of aforward portion of the motor car, showing the fender in its appliedposition and indicating by dotted lines the adjustment of the tender andthe sup porting means therefor. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the fender,showing also a portion Fig. 3 is a vertical section The body of thefender is composed of e series of parallel spring slots or strips 1 bentinto the shape of the letter S and having their forward extremities allsecured to a common frpnt connecting bar 2 while the rear extremitiesthereof are all secured to a common rear connecting bar 3. ffhe saidslats 1 indy be further connected by one or more intermediate stringerbars 4 extending parallel to the hers 2 and 3. It will be ob served thatby reason of the Way in which the slots 1 are bent they extend over infront of a cover and the rear connecting bar 3 so as to prevent personsor objects-from coming in contact with said rear bar 3. The front bar 2may be equi ped with rollers adapted to, rest upon on roll in contactwith the v Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 18,

along country roa 1909. Serial N0. 513,489.

ground when the fender beers the weight of a person.

The fender, as a whole, is supported upon Patented June r, rein...

and connected with the car by means of a pair of curved or arcu-atehangers 6 each.

of which is provided with a longitudinal series of holes 7 adapted toreceive fasteners 8 in the form of pins inserted through holes in thetop of on oppositely arran ed pair of clips 9 secured to the frame oithe car or automobile as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In the rear of the clips 9 other clips or guides 10 are secured to themachine, the rear guides 10 serving as braces :tor the hangers 6 andbeing arranged to permit the hangers G to be slid back and forth asindicated by full and dotted. lines in Fig. 1. In this way, the rotationof the fender proper may be regulated to adapt the fen-- der for cityand country use, it being desirable to carry the fender in acomparetively elevated aosition while travelin ds while on the otherhand it is desirable to have the fender located I down. low for citytravel. The adjustment is eii'ected in a vcry'siinple manner by raisingthe pins 8 and sliding the hangers '6 forward or backward until thedesired adjustment of the fender is secured, whereupon the pins 8 aredropped into the eppropriate holes 7 .ofithe hangers.

The tender may be also quickly removed by the means described when notneeded.

"We claim 1. A fender for the purpose specified comprising a fenderbody,

hangers extending backwar from the fender body, guides in which saidhangers are received and adapted to slide in a .curvi linear path, andmeans connected with said guides for fastening the hengers againstsliding movement.

2. A fender for motor cars and like structures comprising a body.composedof perallel spring "sluts, front and rear bars to which theextremities of said slots are con nected, the rear portions of saidslats curving over in frontot the rear connecting bar and at a distancetherefrom, a, air of arcu ate hangers connected at their orward ends tothe rear cross bar of the fender body and provided with a longitudinalseries of holes,

cperellel ercuete wage /"e In testimony whereof We afiiz: our signaltures in presence of twa Witnesses ALBERT LITTMAEL WILLIAM J. LACIHE.

clips through which said hangers are adapted to slide in the directionof their length to vary the angle and elevation of the felrlder and pinsconnected with saic i clips and insertible through the holes in thehanger bars t0 prevent the sliding movement thereof While permitting thefender to be adjusted, in the manner specified.

Witnesses:

Laws CHESTLER, DAVE? LANGMAN.

